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  • Solid-state chemistry
  • Inorganic materials science
  • Crystallography

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  • Binary phosphides are crucial materials with diverse applications.
  • Understanding phosphorus oligomerization is key to tuning material properties.
  • Previous studies have explored various metal phosphide structures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize novel binary phosphides.
  • To investigate the relationship between phosphorus structure and bonding.
  • To explore the electronic properties of selected phosphides.

Main Methods:

  • Single-crystal X-ray diffraction for structural determination.
  • Solid-state adaptive natural density partitioning (SSAdNDP) for chemical bonding analysis.
  • UV-vis spectroscopy for electronic property assessment.

Main Results:

  • Four binary phosphides (Ba3P2, β-Ba5P4, SrP2, BaP2) were synthesized and structurally characterized.
  • Phosphorus structures ranged from isolated P(3-) anions to P2(4-) dumbbells and ∞(1)P(1-) helical chains.
  • Electronic structure calculations and spectroscopy confirmed SrP2 and BaP2 as electron-balanced semiconductors.

Conclusions:

  • The study establishes a structure-bonding-property correlation in binary phosphides.
  • Diverse phosphorus oligomerization significantly influences material characteristics.
  • SrP2 and BaP2 represent promising semiconductor materials.